Curtain fixture



ar w. c. BARRETT CURTAIN FIXTURE Filed April so, 1925' y1111111111111# l lm '1 111111111115. \/0

e /l M11/fw C BHP/@ETT Patented Mar. 1, 1927.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM C. BARRETT, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

` CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Application filed Aprn 3o, 192s.

This invention relates to curtain xtures and has especial reference to devices for supporting two curtain rods for double draped windows.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an inexpensive, incomplex device for supporting two curtain rods for double drapes at each window.

Another object is to provide a rod supportf ing fixture which may conveniently be covered by the draperies to completely obscure it within the hem thru which the supporting rod passes.

Another object is to provide a rod supporting iixture having two arms for supporting a rear and a front' rod, made of one piece and in which the arms may be of different lengths.

Other, further and more specific objects of the invention will hereinafter appear from a consideration of the following description when taken in conjunction with the drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is an elevation of a draped window showing parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a pair of fixtures showing two axially elastic rods connected thereto.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one of the fixtures.

In all of the views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts.

The body portion 5 of the fixture 6 is a part of a strip of steel, separated axially to a point 7 to provide two arms 8 and 9. The slot 10, separating these arms, is preferably tapered to taper the arms to produce maximum strength with minimum metal em- Serial No. 635,507.

ployed. The arms are curved inwardly toward the end 11 of the body 5 so that the end 12 is about as far again from the body 5 as the end 13. I have found in practice that if the shorter arm is spaced away from the body 5, five-eighths of an inch, and the longer arm one and one-quarter inch, and the arms terminate in substantially the same transverse plane, such dimensions and arrangements have proven to be very satis factory.

The end of each arm termina-tes in a hook 14 for engagement with an elastic curtain rod 15. The elastic rods l5 consist of closely wound spring wires having an eye formed in each end for engagement with the hooks 14.

The body 5 of the fixture is perforated,

as at 16, to receive nails or screws to attach it to the window casing.

The draperies 18 and 19 are provided at their upper Yedges with a hem 20 thru which the respective rod 15 passes. The drape may also be made to enclose the arms 8 and 9 so that the arms will not be visible and the drapes may thus be turned in toward the window casing at its outer vertical edges, and in actual contact therewith.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-l ters Patent, is

A curtain fixture formed from a single piece of sheet metal, comprising a body portion and two arms curved on different radii and lying in spaced horizontal planes.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe Iny nani WILLIAM O. BARRETT. 

